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Brew 18 : Old Ben’s Chocolate Oatmeal Stout

A quick re-appearance of Old Ben’s Chocolate Oatmeal Stout, after good feedback from it’s first appearance at the Chappel Winter Beer Festival in early March 2017. A smooth, session stout with a gently roastiness and chocolate backbone (but not too sweet). 4.5% abv.

Old Ben’s face appeared on a pump clip and the beer boards at the Colchester CAMRA Pub of the Year over the Easter weekend in 2017. And if you’re interested, Old Ben is my great-grandfather. I’ve inherited his eyebrows, but not his moustache. And he was a strict Methodist, so having his phiz on a pump clip is somewhat ironic…